To love is to experience the most human connection. It’s vulnerable. It’s messy. It’s perfectly imperfect. Love sustains us and teaches us lessons. And while the act of loving shouldn’t break our hearts, the absence of it does. It’s the easiest and the hardest thing we will ever do. In The Heart of Us, we…
The Magic of Us Submissions are OPEN!
Ready for another Moms Who Write adventure? Submissions are officially open for our next anthology: The Magic of Us! This time, we’re tipping our hats off to the poets of the group just in time for the season of magic. Poets of all types are welcome! The Of Us series has truly been an honor…
Write Fried: How to Make Progress When Your Brain Won’t Function
Has this ever happened to you? You’re editing your manuscript, but everything– literally everything– reads awful. It’s all boring, it’s all confusing, it’s all poorly written. It didn’t feel like that yesterday, but today, it’s all garbage. I’m here to tell you that the problem isn’t your writing: the problem is exhaustion. How to make…
Create an automated sales funnel from one book to the next in only 3 steps
In a previous blog, we discussed simple steps to creating your very first sales funnel for your books. I gave you very specific steps followed by actionable examples of different sales funnel strategies. The end point of a sales funnel, of course, is the purchase. But what if the purchase itself could become the automated…
The Self-Editing Checklist: What you can fix yourself
I finished my manuscript! Now, that is a wonderful feeling, and one I hope to replicate many times in the future. But, it’s not all fun and games, yet. My friend is a book coach, and after reading over my story, she informed me there was still a lot of work to be done. She…
What I Learned From a Sample Edit
What happens when you’ve completed your first draft and don’t know what to do next? Last year, I completed the first draft of a dystopian novel. Since then, I’ve felt stuck. I’ve been paralyzed by fear and self-doubt. I know it needs work, but I was unmotivated to go back in to shine this rough…
Coffee Doesn’t Work Anymore: Solutions for When the Black Magic Fails You
There are several reasons why coffee may suddenly stop helping one day. Sometimes, exhaustions is just too deep, but other times, we have a completely fixable situation. Often, coffee doesn’t work simply because something else is missing– or, we’ve had so much of it that our bodies have become desensitized. Regardless of the underlying issue,…
When choosing a penname may be right for you
If you’re here, you may be trying to weigh your options regarding a pseudonym. Is choosing a penname right for you? Do you really need one? Is it worth possibly losing buys among those who’ve known me in the past and might be intrigued just to see my name on a cover? Well, here are…
Guest-Posting on Blogs: the Savvy Marketing Move
“Start a blog,” they tell us. “It’s a great way to build your brand and get your name out there!” Alas, marketing your first book by starting a blog is no longer the easy step forward. The blogging industry has become just as saturated, at least, as the book publishing industry. Instead of helping you…
faultlines: a dystopian anthology by MWW is open for submissions
As we wrap up The Future of Us, we’re ready to get going on our second fiction anthology. faultlines: a dystopian anthology is open for submissions! In the fall, we put together Fireside—our spooky fiction anthology. We had so much fun with it that we’re doing dystopian this time! Dust off old stories you haven’t…